The 2018 Russian Grand Prix started September 30th, 2018 at 13:10 on Sochi Autodrom in Sochi, Russia. Valtteri Bottas started from pole position with Lewis Hamilton next to him. Sebastian Vettel started from third place.
After 1 hour, 27 minutes and 25 seconds Lewis Hamilton finished the race first. The podium was completed with Valtteri Bottas in second and Sebastian Vettel in third place.
The fastest laps was driven by Valtteri Bottas in a time of 1:35.861.
After the 2018 Russian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton is first in the Formula 1 World Championship with 306 points. Hamilton is 50 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel.
Circuit
Location
Sochi, Russia
Date
September 30th, 2018 at 13:10
Round
16/21
Winner
Lewis Hamilton
Winning time
1:27:25.181
Pole position
Valtteri Bottas
Fastest lap
Valtteri Bottas 1:35.861
Fastest pitstop
Lance Stroll 29.266 (lap 7)

Results

Pos Driver Car Time/Retired Grid Laps Pts
1 1
#44 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 1:27:25.181 2 53 25
2 1
#77 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes +2.545 1 53 18
3
#5 Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari +7.487 3 53 15
4
#7 Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari +16.543 4 53 12
5 14
#33 Max Verstappen
Red Bull +31.016 19 53 10
6 12
#3 Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull +1:20.451 18 53 8
7
#16 Charles Leclerc
Sauber +1:38.390 7 53 6
8 3
#20 Kevin Magnussen
Haas F1 Team +1 Lap 5 52 4
9 3
#31 Esteban Ocon
Force India +1 Lap 6 52 2
10 2
#11 Sergio Pérez
Force India +1 Lap 8 52 1
11 2
#8 Romain Grosjean
Haas F1 Team +1 Lap 9 52 0
12
#27 Nico Hülkenberg
Renault +1 Lap 12 52 0
13 3
#9 Marcus Ericsson
Sauber +1 Lap 10 52 0
14 2
#14 Fernando Alonso
McLaren +1 Lap 16 52 0
15 1
#18 Lance Stroll
Williams +1 Lap 14 52 0
16 1
#2 Stoffel Vandoorne
McLaren +2 Laps 15 51 0
17 6
#55 Carlos Sainz
Renault +2 Laps 11 51 0
18 5
#35 Sergey Sirotkin
Williams +2 Laps 13 51 0
-
#10 Pierre Gasly
Toro Rosso DNF (Brakes) 17 4 0
-
#28 Brendon Hartley
Toro Rosso DNF (Brakes) 20 4 0
Pos Driver Car Q1 Q2 Q3 Delta
1
#77 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes 1:32.964 1:32.744 1:31.387
2
#44 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 1:32.410 1:32.595 1:31.532 +0.145
3
#5 Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari 1:33.476 1:33.045 1:31.943 +0.556
4
#7 Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari 1:33.341 1:33.065 1:32.237 +0.850
5
#20 Kevin Magnussen
Haas F1 Team 1:34.078 1:33.747 1:33.181 +1.794
6
#31 Esteban Ocon
Force India 1:34.290 1:33.596 1:33.413 +2.026
7
#16 Charles Leclerc
Sauber 1:33.924 1:33.488 1:33.419 +2.032
8
#11 Sergio Pérez
Force India 1:34.084 1:33.923 1:33.563 +2.176
9
#8 Romain Grosjean
Haas F1 Team 1:34.022 1:33.517 1:33.704 +2.317
10
#9 Marcus Ericsson
Sauber 1:34.170 1:33.995 1:35.196 +3.809
11
#33 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 1:33.048
12
#3 Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull 1:33.247
13
#10 Pierre Gasly
Toro Rosso 1:34.383
14
#55 Carlos Sainz
Renault 1:34.626
15
#27 Nico Hülkenberg
Renault 1:34.655
16
#28 Brendon Hartley
Toro Rosso 1:35.037
17
#14 Fernando Alonso
McLaren 1:35.504
18
#35 Sergey Sirotkin
Williams 1:35.612
19
#2 Stoffel Vandoorne
McLaren 1:35.977
20
#18 Lance Stroll
Williams 1:36.437
Pos Driver Car Time Delta Laps
1
#44 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 1:33.067 13
2
#77 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes 1:33.321 +0.254 16
3
#5 Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari 1:33.667 +0.600 14
4
#7 Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari 1:33.688 +0.621 11
5
#33 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 1:33.937 +0.870 11
6
#3 Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull 1:34.394 +1.327 14
7
#16 Charles Leclerc
Sauber 1:34.628 +1.561 15
8
#31 Esteban Ocon
Force India 1:34.809 +1.742 16
9
#20 Kevin Magnussen
Haas F1 Team 1:34.820 +1.753 15
10
#11 Sergio Pérez
Force India 1:34.916 +1.849 14
11
#55 Carlos Sainz
Renault 1:34.988 +1.921 13
12
#10 Pierre Gasly
Toro Rosso 1:35.125 +2.058 21
13
#8 Romain Grosjean
Haas F1 Team 1:35.185 +2.118 18
14
#27 Nico Hülkenberg
Renault 1:35.213 +2.146 12
15
#9 Marcus Ericsson
Sauber 1:35.370 +2.303 16
16
#28 Brendon Hartley
Toro Rosso 1:36.033 +2.966 22
17
#35 Sergey Sirotkin
Williams 1:36.071 +3.004 16
18
#18 Lance Stroll
Williams 1:36.274 +3.207 20
19
#2 Stoffel Vandoorne
McLaren 1:36.597 +3.530 14
20
#14 Fernando Alonso
McLaren 1:36.992 +3.925 21
Pos Driver Car Time Delta Laps
1
#44 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 1:33.385 35
2
#77 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes 1:33.584 +0.199 33
3
#33 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 1:33.827 +0.442 32
4
#3 Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull 1:33.844 +0.459 37
5
#5 Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari 1:33.928 +0.543 33
6
#7 Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari 1:34.388 +1.003 31
7
#11 Sergio Pérez
Force India 1:35.122 +1.737 30
8
#10 Pierre Gasly
Toro Rosso 1:35.137 +1.752 28
9
#31 Esteban Ocon
Force India 1:35.147 +1.762 33
10
#9 Marcus Ericsson
Sauber 1:35.295 +1.910 35
11
#20 Kevin Magnussen
Haas F1 Team 1:35.331 +1.946 33
12
#55 Carlos Sainz
Renault 1:35.341 +1.956 37
13
#16 Charles Leclerc
Sauber 1:35.432 +2.047 32
14
#27 Nico Hülkenberg
Renault 1:35.568 +2.183 35
15
#8 Romain Grosjean
Haas F1 Team 1:35.911 +2.526 35
16
#28 Brendon Hartley
Toro Rosso 1:36.024 +2.639 29
17
#14 Fernando Alonso
McLaren 1:36.074 +2.689 34
18
#2 Stoffel Vandoorne
McLaren 1:36.617 +3.232 31
19
#35 Sergey Sirotkin
Williams 1:36.861 +3.476 39
20
#18 Lance Stroll
Williams 1:37.001 +3.616 35
Pos Driver Car Time Delta Laps
1
#5 Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari 1:34.488 19
2
#33 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 1:34.538 +0.050 22
3
#44 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 1:34.818 +0.330 23
4
#77 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes 1:34.999 +0.511 28
5
#3 Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull 1:35.524 +1.036 11
6
#31 Esteban Ocon
Force India 1:35.663 +1.175 24
7
#7 Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari 1:35.696 +1.208 19
8
#20 Kevin Magnussen
Haas F1 Team 1:36.196 +1.708 21
9
#27 Nico Hülkenberg
Renault 1:36.274 +1.786 18
10
#36 Antonio Giovinazzi
Sauber 1:36.712 +2.224 22
11
#8 Romain Grosjean
Haas F1 Team 1:36.816 +2.328 23
12
#10 Pierre Gasly
Toro Rosso 1:36.944 +2.456 25
13
#47 Lando Norris
McLaren 1:37.022 +2.534 25
14
#16 Charles Leclerc
Sauber 1:37.054 +2.566 24
15
#46 Artem Markelov
Renault 1:37.183 +2.695 22
16
#2 Stoffel Vandoorne
McLaren 1:37.187 +2.699 27
17
#34 Nicholas Latifi
Force India 1:37.206 +2.718 24
18
#35 Sergey Sirotkin
Williams 1:37.225 +2.737 25
19
#28 Brendon Hartley
Toro Rosso 1:37.944 +3.456 28
20
#18 Lance Stroll
Williams 1:39.137 +4.649 13

Standings after race

Pos Driver Car Wins Podiums Pts Gap
1
#44 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 8 13 306
2
#5 Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari 5 10 256 -50
3
#77 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes 7 189 -117
4
#7 Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari 9 186 -120
5
#1 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 1 6 158 -148
6
#3 Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull 2 2 134 -172
7
#20 Kevin Magnussen
Haas F1 Team 53 -253
8
#27 Nico Hülkenberg
Renault 53 -253
9
#14 Fernando Alonso
McLaren 50 -256
10
#11 Sergio Pérez
Force India 1 47 -259
11
#31 Esteban Ocon
Force India 47 -259
12
#55 Carlos Sainz
Renault 38 -268
13
#10 Pierre Gasly
Toro Rosso 28 -278
14
#8 Romain Grosjean
Haas F1 Team 27 -279
15
#16 Charles Leclerc
Sauber 21 -285
16
#2 Stoffel Vandoorne
McLaren 8 -298
17
#18 Lance Stroll
Williams 6 -300
18
#9 Marcus Ericsson
Sauber 6 -300
19
#28 Brendon Hartley
Toro Rosso 2 -304
20
#35 Sergey Sirotkin
Williams 1 -305
Pos Team Wins Podiums Pts Gap
1 Mercedes 8 20 495
2 Ferrari 5 19 442 -53
3 Red Bull 3 8 292 -203
4 Renault 91 -404
5 Haas F1 Team 80 -415
6 McLaren 58 -437
7 Force India 1 35 -460
8 Toro Rosso 30 -465
9 Sauber 27 -468
10 Williams 7 -488

Other race results

Year Winner 2nd 3rd Fastest lap Pole position
2021
#44 Lewis Hamilton
Max Verstappen
Carlos Sainz
1:37.423 -
Lando Norris
Lando Norris
2020
#77 Valtteri Bottas
Max Verstappen
Lewis Hamilton
1:37.030 -
Valtteri Bottas
Lewis Hamilton
2019
#44 Lewis Hamilton
Valtteri Bottas
Charles Leclerc
1:35.761 -
Lewis Hamilton
Charles Leclerc
2017
#77 Valtteri Bottas
Sebastian Vettel
Kimi Räikkönen
1:36.844 -
Kimi Räikkönen
Sebastian Vettel
2016
#6 Nico Rosberg
Lewis Hamilton
Kimi Räikkönen
1:39.094 -
Nico Rosberg
Nico Rosberg
2015
#44 Lewis Hamilton
Sebastian Vettel
Sergio Pérez
1:40.071 -
Sebastian Vettel
Nico Rosberg
2014
#44 Lewis Hamilton
Nico Rosberg
Valtteri Bottas
1:40.896 -
Valtteri Bottas
Lewis Hamilton